Strengthening the facility and capacity development program in vocational education may help improve student competitiveness. The gap between education process and industrial demand can be addressed through interventions such as internship program, tracer study, and curriculum collaboration.

In this presentation, Zainal Arief shares the experience of Politeknik Elektronika Negeri Surabaya’s Center of Technology in empowering their vocational education students.

Digital online educational resources are widely available to those who have reliable access to the internet. There are 4.3 billion people who lack consistent access to the internet, and therefore​ ​unable​ ​to​ ​use​ ​such​ ​resources​ ​to​ ​achieve​ ​high-quality​ ​education​ ​outcomes. Discover how Learning Equality is making educational resources available in areas without internet connection.

Scaling is often defined as multiplying a product or innovation. This prevalent view is inherited from traditional manufacturing industry models and engineering. In education, scaling is about people capacity to enact innovations which can involve products, artifacts, or tools. Hence, cultivating or building of learning communities is integral to scaling in education.

Prof. David Hung of the National Institute of Education of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore shares his insights in this presentation.

Effective and successful skills programs can bridge the gap between demand and supply of skills by forging partnerships with employers. Learn how university-industry linkage works in Hunan Province in the People’s Republic of China, and how a cooperation platform is beneficial for the government, vocational groups, industry groups, and other concerned parties.

The K to 12 initiative of the Philippine Government aims to implement changes in the education system and curricula in line with its new education reform goals. As a form of support, the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has been implementing the K to 12 PLUS Project to assist the ongoing education and training reforms in the country. In this presentation, Andreas Dernbach, K to 12 PLUS Project Director, shares a snapshot of what they have been doing.

Indonesia’s energy sources are growing to meet the demand, but still not enough to provide universal access. The country has set ambitious renewable energy target—23% by 2025 from today’s 11%. Learn how Sinergi as helping Indonesia achieve this target by providing skills training for the renewable energy sector.